Malcolm Morley

The Flying Dutchman

Auction Closed

June 30, 02:45 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Malcolm Morley

1931 - 2018

The Flying Dutchman


signed and dated 1989

oil, acrylic, wax and collage on board, in artist's frame

141.3 by 105.4 cm. 55⅝ by 41½ in.

Please note that this lot will be sent to our Greenford Park warehouse following the auction.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Michael Kimmelman, ‘Review/Art; The Surreal Extravagance of Malcolm Morley’, The New York Times, 8 February 1991, online (text)
Jean-Claude Lebensztejn, Malcolm Morley: Itineraries, London 2001, p. 175, no. 165, illustrated
London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Malcolm Morley, September - October 1990, illustrated on the front cover; and n.p., illustrated in colour
London, Hayward Gallery, Malcolm Morely in Full Colour, June - August 2001, p. 109, no. 40, illustrated in colour
Geneva, Musée Rath; and Geneva, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Richard Wagner, Visions d’Artistes – d’Auguste Renoir à Anselm Kiefer, September 2005 - January 2006, p. 213, no. 66, illustrated in colour

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